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[WhyNot]

@bouv

Simple answer: there’s no need for that seal on a ziplock bag (at least, not for coffee).

The reason that valve exists on good bags of coffee is becauser the beans are bagged hot, and they need a one way valve that will let the hot steam escape, but won’t let air back in. The longer the beans are in contact with air, the less tasty they get. Before the vacuum seal, the options were either not seal the bag, which lets air in and give you crappy beans, or let them cool before bagging, which again exposes themto more air and gives you crappy beans.

**Since when you buy your ebasn thery are already cool, you have no need to let anything out of the bag and not let anything in. ** You can just go ahead and not let anything in or out at the same time, and thus, a ziplock bag, with all the excess air sucked/pushed out, is an ideal choice.

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Wrong. The valve is also there for long term storage, to let CO2 out and keep O2 from getting in.

Cites: http://www.coffeeco.com.au/altcof/altcoffeepage10.html

http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item550100.aspx

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_10020,00.html

[Paul_in_Qatar]

What about a switch on your fridge so you can make the top part the freezer and the bottom the fridge or visa versa as your tastes or needs dictate?

Why not a combined freezer/microwave with a timer?

A microwave clothes dryer. (Why no microwave water heaters, by the way?)

[jasonh300]

@Burrido

Ah, didn’t know they made them. I was thinking more along the lines of a big screen tv with a little refridgerator on the bottom so I could store beer/snacks. No more missing those precious few seconds of the game and yes, I am that lazy. Come to think of it, I probably could just move my fridge into the living room and solve the whole problem.

That wouldn’t be a very good arrangement. You’d have to walk across the room during the game to get a beer.

La-Z-Boy makes a sectional sofa with a center armrest with a small refrigerator underneath. That way you don’t have to get up.

[anyrose]

@Anastasaeon

Hey, join the club. I love 'em. I just wish they came in bigger bags.

my brother (og love him) once took some modeling clay and formed a few different colored circus peanuts and tried to get me to eat them along with the marshmallow ones I was munching at the time

he was 13, I was 3

[jawdirk]

Why can’t they make belts that are already the right shape? All belts end up getting warped in the middle because peoples’ hips are not flat.

[Jet_Jaguar]

I’d like to see car makers take a cue from motorcycle companies and start producing factory customs. For example, instead of having the standard wheels and for a bit more you have the upgrade rims, have like a dozen different styles of upgrade rims to choose from. Instead of the one optional spoiler and aero package, have like 6 spoilers and 3 or 4 ground effect options, etc…

I’m sure it hasn’t been done yet because of the distribution overhead of stocking all these different parts, but with modern just-in-time distribution practices I think it could be done. Bike companies do it already, though on a lower scale. You can order from any Harley dealer a bike spec’d out just about any way you want, and the Harley accessory catalog is literally about the size of a phone book. I can see someone doing it for a car targeted at younger, first-time new car buyers, like the Honda Civic or something.

[anyrose]

@Jet Jaguar

I’d like to see car makers take a cue from motorcycle companies and start producing factory customs. For example, instead of having the standard wheels and for a bit more you have the upgrade rims, have like a dozen different styles of upgrade rims to choose from. Instead of the one optional spoiler and aero package, have like 6 spoilers and 3 or 4 ground effect options, etc…

I’m sure it hasn’t been done yet because of the distribution overhead of stocking all these different parts, but with modern just-in-time distribution practices I think it could be done. Bike companies do it already, though on a lower scale. You can order from any Harley dealer a bike spec’d out just about any way you want, and the Harley accessory catalog is literally about the size of a phone book. I can see someone doing it for a car targeted at younger, first-time new car buyers, like the Honda Civic or something.

isn’t that what Scion does with their xA and xB models?

[Dante]

Wetware. Specifically, retinal implants that act as a HUD (heads up display) for a monitor or home theatre or whatever I damn well please. I want to be all cyborgy.

Also, some sort of vehicle that could take me to the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench, for 20 minutes. Badabing!

[anyrose]

@Dante

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Also, some sort of vehicle that could take me to the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench, for 20 minutes. Badabing!

you’d need a time machine for that one

[mittu]

I would like a mobile phone with constant good reception, I don’t care about cameras, video, mp3 players, radios and other gadgets on my phone, I just want one that is loud enough so I can hear it in the pub and gets a crystal clear signal. Every phone I have ever had has a choppy signal, it’s a phone fer Og’s sake, I wish they would sort out the reception before they messed around turning it into a ludicrously expensive mobile entertainment system.